Archive for 'Iran'
Nasrallah forecasts the prospect of coming conflict
On January 15, the Secretary General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech celebrating the death anniversary of Shi’i Imam Al-Husayn. The following is the text of the speech carried by Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV. The text is reprinted here with permission from and thanks to Mideastwire.
“Esteemed scholars, brothers and sisters…I would like to […]
Posted: January 22nd, 2008 under Bush Administration, CF REPORTS, Gaza, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria.
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Ticking clocks and ‘accidental’ war
By Alastair Crooke, Conflicts Forum, October 14, 2007. (An edited version of this article appeared in the October edition of US/ME Policy Brief, US/Middle East Project.)
Whilst Washington looks at the Iranian prospects through the prism of a binary, to bomb or to acquiesce decision, facing President Bush over the remainder of his presidency, the actors […]
Posted: October 14th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Bush Administration, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East, Syria.
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Maliki and Sadr
From our Baghdad correspondent, May 17, 2007
American troops entering Baghdad on April 9, 2003 noted the strange quiet that enveloped large parts of the city. While Baathist gunmen continued to launch spoiling raids north of the the city, large segments of the population remained calm. This was particularly true in the largest Shia neighborhoods to […]
Posted: May 17th, 2007 under Bush Administration, CF REPORTS, Iran, Iraq, War in Iraq.
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Dancing with wolves: the importance of talking to your enemies
By the Rt. Hon. Michael Ancram, MP, Middle East Institute, April 19, 2007
“It is often a better use of time to talk to your enemies than your friends,” so said a wise, experienced and senior Israeli to me a few weeks ago. In a similar vein last summer following the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon […]
Posted: April 22nd, 2007 under Ceasefires, Dialogue, Diplomacy, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hezbollah war, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mediation, Middle East, War on terrorism.
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Dissent in the Pentagon
Conflicts Forum, February 25, 2007
It has been two weeks since chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace, publicly disagreed with the Bush administration’s assessment of “Iranian meddling” in Iraq. This occurred just after the White House made strong accusations that U.S. soldiers in Iraq are being killed by Iranian-supplied munitions.
Administration officials said that the […]
Posted: February 25th, 2007 under Bush Administration, CF NEWSVIEW, Iran.
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Time to talk to Iran
Military attack on Iran would have disastrous consequences warns new report [PDF]: Coalition urges new diplomatic push to avoid crisis
On the one year anniversary of Iran’s referral to the Security Council, a new joint report by 15 organisations - including think tanks, aid agencies, religious groups and Trade Unions - warns that, despite the seriousness of […]
Posted: February 5th, 2007 under Dialogue, Iran, NPT.
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